[Jewelry making - Article 00369] - Re: [Orchid] Plique a'jour effect using resin/epoxy

[Irene C White aka Rene]

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    Hello Emily, Super Heavy Duty page protectors.   Cut a shape that is
    generously larger than your piece tape to heavy card stock or
    corrugated card board.  Wax with johnsons paste wax(could use ren
    wax but johnsons is much cheaper) thin layers buffed in between coats
    (about three coats).  Lay your flat cut outs down on the prepared
    surface and apply a very this layer of 5 min epoxy to holes.  this
    secures the piece for the "pour".  Once the five min is set and the
    piece secured to the base "pour" the resin in the holes. Once resin
    is set it should peel right off the prepared surface.  This can be a
    notoriously leaky undertaking if the holes in the plastic are not
    "deep" enough to make a good seal.   Hopefully the pieces of plastic
    will hold up to the sanding and polishing resin needs after the
    pour. Fool around with it a little bit and you should be able to come
    up with a system that works for you.  I build molds from these heavy
    duty page protectors for shapes et cetera and it works pretty well.
    It was a bit dicey getting started but well worth it in the end.
    Intense transparent color is harder. I like to use a set of primary
    color polyester resin dyes(bought at a local craft supply store).
    Good quality tube water color pigments work well too but a LITTLE
    (literally the tip of a tooth pick) goes a long way.  I played
    around(who am I trying to kid.  I am still fooling around with it.)
    alot keeping track of my "experiments" on 3x5 cards when it came to
    color. Reproducible results for me is about 75%   Have fun.  PLAY. I
    sure am. 

Rene 


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